Antispreading means for railways.



UNITED STATES;

Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

`ANTISPREAD|NG MEANS FOR RAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION formingvpartof Letters Patent'No. 747,964, dated December29,' 1903.

vApplication filed September 22, 1903, Serial No.`174,134. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER GAvIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erin Prairie, in the county of St. Croix and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAntispreading Means for Railways; and I do hereby declare the fol'lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to antispreading means for railways, and has forits object the provision of means adapted to be positioned between theties whereby the labor and cost of attaching the construction is greatlylessened.

With this and other objects in view it consists of the constructions,combinations, and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical cross-section of arailway-track and of my said invention in position thereon. Fig. 2 is adetail plan view of a nut-lock forming part of mysaid invention. Fig. 3is a plan view, partly broken away, of a portion of a railwaytrack,showing my said invention mounted thereon.

In the drawings, 1 and 2 are railway-rails laid upon and secured in theusual manner to bed-ties 3. Underlying said rails, respectively, andextending transversely of said track between said ties are the tie-barmembers 4 and 5, the outer ends of which members are turned back, as at6 and 7, over the outer anges of the corresponding rails and arereturned upon themselves, as at Sand 9, to form thickened grippingportions upon said flanges, respectively, and to buttress the outer sideof the rails. The inner ends of said members extend toward each other topoints on either side of an anchor-bar l0, directed longitudinally ofsaid track and centrally between the rails thereof and extending uponand secured in any suitable manner, as by spikes 1l, to the ties 3. 'Theinner ends of said members 4 and 5 are spliced together by thesplice-bars 12 and 13, respectively, secured by bolts 14, projectedthrough said splice-bars and the inner ends of said members 4 and 5 andretained by nuts 15 and 16.

'lhe shanks of said bolts near the heads thereof are preferablynon-circular in cross-section to prevent them from turning in said bar12, the apertures in which bar conform to the cross-sectional contour ofsaid portion of said shanks. The splice-bar 13 is also adapted to.operate as a nut-lock and is provided with apertures adapted to receivethe non-circular nuts15. The nuts 16 may be of suficient diameter toimpinge upon the surface of said barl3, or, if desired, washers 17,'0fsufiicient diameter to extend over such surface, may be interposedbetween said bar 13 and said nuts 16.' Secured upon the upper surfacesof said members 4 and 5, respectively, by bolts 14 are fingers 18,extending over the inner anges of the contiguous rails and adapted toprevent the outward tipping of said rails. If desired, nut-locks similarto the one employed in said splice may be employed in connection withthe bolts by which said fingers are attached to said members 4 and 5. y

In securing my said invention to said track the members 4 and 5 arefirst positioned by being thrust under the rails from the outer sidesthereof. They are then spliced together, and the fingers overlying theinner ianges of the rails are then mounted and secured in p0- sition.The bar.4 l0 is then slipped through the splice and secured in positionon the ties or may be positioned, if desired, before the splice is made.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. `In antispreading means, the combination with'the rails of arailway-track, of oppositely-directed tie-bars extendingl transverselyunder the corresponding rails, and,

having their outer ends returned upon the outer anges of said railsrespectively and means for splicing the inner ends of said tiebarstogether between the rails and free of the track-bed, substantially asdescribed.

2. In antispreading means, the combination withthe rails of arailway-track` of oppositely-directed vtie-bars extending respectivelyunder the opposite rails andhaving their outer ends returned upon theouter anges of said rails, means for splicing the inner ends of saidtie-bars together between the rails and independent of the track-bed,and means se- IOO gag v '747,964

an anchor-bar directed longitudinally of said track and extendingthrough said splicing means between the opposing ends of said tiebars,and secured at its opposite ends to the bed-ties of said track,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

PETER GAVIN. Witnesses:

S. N. HAWKINS, JOHN MCCLURE.

